Week Calendar

Ages 3-5 | Registration Required

If you earned less than $60,000 in 2022, you may be eligible for free tax preparation services including e-file and direct deposit!

Ages 0-18 months | Registration Required

Ages 18 mo - 35 mo | Registration Required

Ages 2-3 | Registration Required

Ages 3-5 | Registration Required

Books, puppets, and songs will reinforce your child's pre-reading skills through repetition and rhyme. A craft is included that will help kids develop their fine motor skills. 

Birth - Age 5 | Registration Required

Grades K-5 | Registration Required

Birth - Age 5 | Registration encouraged

Saturdays are for being silly! In this family story time we will sing goofy songs and read funny books.

Ages 0-18 months | Registration Required

Denise Codianne-Calabrese from Literacy Volunteers will be available Tuesdays for literary assistance.

Birth - Age 5 | Registration Required

Begin your Padawan training by learning the ways of the Force and how to wield a lightsaber from real Jedi Masters! Padawan training can be intense so please wear loose clothing and bring a water bottle!

In addition to our regular weekly hours, the Wallingford Public Library is open to the public on Sundays between 12-4 pm from January 14 to April 28, 2024. 

In honor of Women’s History Month, the Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust will be sharing four vintage outfits, as well as a number of authentic objects and accessories, that would have been worn or used by women of the Gilded Age.

Ages 3-5 | Registration Required

Get started using Adobe InDesign, a publishing and page layout designing software used to create flyers, brochures, posters, booklets, and more!

Grades K-5 | Registration Required

Bring your imagination and join us for an hour of fun with LEGO bricks!

Grades 6-12 | Registration required

Do you feel like technology has left you behind? Do you have a burning question, but you don’t know who to ask?

Grades 6-12 | Registration required

Paint and assemble a 3D scene of a lovely spring day!

The Choate Mentorship Project intends to strengthen the foundational learning practices of students in public middle schools.

Grades 5-8 | Registration required

Have questions about your homework? The Wallingford Public Library offers FREE drop in Homework Help!

This year’s One Book One Wallingford makes a great read-a-loud for families. Grab some popcorn and listen in as we read the book together each week.

Grades 2-5 | Registration encouraged

VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON MEETING

Knit @ WPL is a place where knitters and crocheters can practice their work in the company of others. Newcomers are welcome to join, but knitting experience is required.

No registration required.

Grades K-5 | Registration encouraged

Birth - Age 5 | Registration Required

Join Miss Kari at this active, early literacy enriched story time where we will explore books, songs, and rhymes for all ages. Make sure to wear your pj's for added fun!

This year’s One Book One Wallingford makes a great read-a-loud for families. Grab some popcorn and listen in as we read the book together each week.

We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

Grades K-2 | Registration encouraged

Spend a Friday evening reading with a high school buddy! Choate volunteers will join us to do some group read-alouds, small group reading practice, and other fun activities.

In honor of Women's History Month, fashion historian Ren Antonowicz will explore the clothing trends of the Gilded Age, the period from 1865-1904 when the economy was booming, industrialization was rampant, and major social change was underway.

Paint and assemble a 3D scene of a lovely spring day!

IN-PERSON PROGRAM

In partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium, we're streaming On Retelling Greek Classics with Madeline Miller. This is a live author event with an interactive Q&A session!